Jeremiah 8:20
What does Jeremiah 8:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 8:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The grain-cutting is past, the summer is ended, and no salvation has come to us.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we--we have not been saved.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Context
v.19Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
v.20This passage
v.21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; Buthe that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Matthew 25:1
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- Luke 19:44
and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;
- Hebrews 3:7
Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
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